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Draupadi's other past lives: Vedavati, Maya Sita, Damayanti

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Draupadi = Vedavati reborn (Ravana's victim) is the part with a Puranic precedent (Ramayana/Uttara Kanda).

Boldsky lists Draupadi's earlier births as Indrasena, Vedavati, Maya Sita and Damayanti, and a legend that Parvati, Shyamala, Sachi and Usha were cursed by Brahma to be born as one woman. Sources not cited; presented as 'another legend'.

Who: Draupadi, Vedavati, Sita, Damayanti

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